Hey Guys,
I finally got my 8300 SFF with i3-3220 CPU, 4 GB of RAM and a MSI GTX 1050 Ti LP GPU. Created a macOS 10.12.5 USB drive with Unibeast without any hassle, copied the latest nVidia Web Drivers, Multibeast, Clover Configurator onto it. I set up my UEFI the way
@pastrychef (
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...hine-hp-elite-8300-sff-i7-3770-gt-630.199712/) and
@samcat116 (
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/sangheili-hp-elite-8300-sff-gtx-1050ti.219446/) suggested. Booted easily into macOS installer, used only the default Clover flags. Had a little problem with the EFI partition, since I first installed Windows 10 and the space for macOS's EFI folder wasn't enough, but managed to solve it (solution:
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...-device-for-requested-operation-error.168286/). Installed macOS, booted to the desktop. Until this point everything worked like a charm. I noticed, that samcat116 (boot to desktop -> install Web Drivers -> generate SSDT -> Multibeast -> VoodooHDA -> iMessage activation) and pastrychef (boot to desktop -> Multibeast -> generate SSDT -> HDMIAudio 1.1 -> sudo pmset -a autopoweroff 0 -> rename EHC1 to EH01 and rename EHC2 to EH02 -> install Web Drivers + nvda_drv=1) used a different order/approach to set things up.
As a side note, I don't know if it counts, but I logged in to my iCloud account during the installation, I could later see the machine online as iMac 27 Late 2013 (14,2).
Problems:
1. First I used samcat116's method, installed Web Drivers (was ok, but the resolution stayed the same 1280x1024 and couldn't change it), but generating the SSDT showed error, something about Ivy Bridge with this SMBIOS will not work well. Checked it, and hell yeah, it was 14,2. The installation automatically set it to this iMac 27 Late 2013 identifier. Than I thought it is time to use Multibeast. I chose all the drivers, bootloaders, etc. that was suggested by both samcat116 and pastrychef and the installation went ok, so I rebooted.
2. Finishing the boot sequence I noticed that the resolution still hasn't changed and the SMBIOS somehow stayed the same 14,2, which was bad. I thought, Multibeast couldn't change it, so I used vineethp's Clover Configurator method (
https://tonymacx86.com/threads/guide-how-to-configure-your-systems-smbios-correctly.198155/). Did everything exactly as in the thread, but no luck, SMBIOS stayed the same.
3. And at last there is a new method for enabling nVidia Web Drivers in Clover (
https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/new-method-for-enabling-nvidia-web-drivers-in-clover.202341/), I don't know if it is needed, none of them mentioned it.
And this was the end, I had to sleep a few hours before work
I can boot into the system, but SMBIOS, resolution and SSDT's are wrong. samcat116 credits pastrychef, but the order of installation differs a bit, which is confusing for me. samcat116's machine and mine differs only in the CPU, so I don't know why the guide doesn't work for me.
I'm more than sure, that I will start it from scratch again, but I don't know what would be the perfect order of installing things. I have a feeling, that things went south, when I logged in my iCloud account during the setup...
Any ideas?